While Sunderland did spend much of the game defending, they did have their chances as well with Santiago Vergini hitting the bar and Adam Johnson missing a good late chance.

There was controversy also with Diego Costa involved in two incidents with John O’Shea and then Wes Brown, in which the Chelsea hitman could quite easily received a straight red for both. Instead, he received just a yellow for the second incident when his arm caught Brown in the face.